The first IRE Phoenix Section Chair, Gerald C. Rich, filed the patents "Semi-Conductor Unit" and "Transistor Unit" in 1953 that indicate he worked for Motorola at the time. He resided in Scottsdale.

The Phoenix Section Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society Chapter won the 1973 best Chapter award from the Society.

Mike Andrews, the 2013 Region 6 Director, recalls that he was Region 6 Southwest Area Chair when Earl Robbins was Section Chair in 1982. In the 1970s Section meetings were held at a restaurant near Central & Indian School Rd. in Phoenix. The Section bank account was with Valley National Bank.

Phoenix Section Chairs

Year

Chair

Affiliation

2014

Barbara McMinn

APS

2013

Charles E. Weitzel

none

2012

Ralph Hogan

Rio Salado College

2011

James H. Hudson

SRP

2010

Henning Braunisch

Intel Corporation

2009

Debendra Mallik

Intel Corporation

2008

Keith E. Holbert

Arizona State University

2007

N. Rao Bonda

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

2006

Rao S. Thallam

SRP

2005

Shamala A. Chickamenahalli

Intel Corporation

2004

George Karady

Arizona State University

2003

James E. Drye

Motorola, Inc.

2002

Charles A. Smith

Orbital Sciences Corporation

2001

Vasudeva P. Atluri

Intel Corporation

2000

James R. Hunt

SRP

1999

Elbadawy A. Elsharawy

Arizona State University

1998

Indira S. Adhihetty

Motorola, Inc.

1997

Henry A. Burger

HB Engineers

1996

Victor M. Quiros

DeVry Institute of Technology

1995

D. Elaine Pope

Intel Corporation

1994

Marty L. Halperin

DeVry Institute of Technology

1993

Vijayan K. Nair

Motorola, Inc.

1992

David R. Carroll

Motorola, Inc.

1991

Edwin W. Greeneich

Arizona State University

1990

George F. Seebeck

APS

1989

Joshua M. Wiestling

APS

1988

Ben M. Huey

Arizona State University

1987

Ronald D. McCallister

SiCOM, Inc.

1986

Alexander C. Brown

Loral Defense Systems

1985

Gregory P. Rampley

SRP

1984

Robert H. Douglas

Honeywell

1983

Gary D. Brunner

Goodyear Aerospace Corporation

1982

Earl R. Robbins

Arizona State University

1981

Wally R. Raisanen

Computrac

1980

H. James Martin

1979

Arnold L. Schwalb

SRP

1978

Everette E. Chartier

1977

Peter D. Kennedy

1976

M. M. Marsolek

SRP

1975

James A. Higgs

Arizona State University

1974

T. R. Thompson

1973

D. D. Hann

1972

V. M. Nelsen

1971

William P. Stearns

Shalako International

1970

R. W. Roberts

1969

E. H. Hill

1968

J. M. Ross

1967

Vincent Converti

1966

T. M. Morong

SRP

1965

R. K. Peterson

1964

D. T. Quisenberry

1963

G. T. Royden

1962

E. H. O'Gara (AIEE)E. H. O'Gara (IRE)

1961

A. B. Johnson (AIEE)H. R. Hyder, III (IRE)

1960

S. M. Chalmers (AIEE)J. M. Ross (IRE)

SRP

1959

F. M. Irish (AIEE)E. S. Shepard, Sr. (IRE)

1958

L. A. Potter (AIEE)R. V. Baum (IRE)

SRP

1957

W. E. McMorran (AIEE)G. L. McClanathan (IRE)

1956

T. A. Phillips (AIEE)Everett Eberhard (IRE)

Central Arizona Light & Power Co.

1955

R. H. Hartley (AIEE)William R. Saxon (IRE)

1954

E. A. Lodge (AIEE)P. W. Sokoloff (IRE)

1953

K. V. Fletcher (AIEE)Allen M. Creighton, Jr. (IRE)

1952

J. A. Redmond (AIEE)R. E. Samuelson (IRE)

1951

I. G. Jenkins, Jr. (AIEE)Gerald C. Rich (IRE)

Central Arizona Light & Power Co.Motorola, Inc.

1950

Americo Lazzari (AIEE)

1949

W. B. Bustard (AIEE)

1948

C. M. Hart (AIEE)

1947

C. A. Poppino (AIEE)

1946

Irwin W. Best (AIEE)

1945

Charles A. Rollins (AIEE)

1944

C. R. Smith (AIEE)

Central Arizona Light & Power Co.

1943

Malcolm M. Bridgwater (AIEE)

Central Arizona Light & Power Co.

1942

G. F. Maughmer (AIEE)

1941

Ben Ferguson (AIEE)

Old officer roster documents

From 1951 to 1957 the IRE Phoenix Section Chairs and Secretaries were also listed in the Institute/IRE News and Radio Notes that appeared in the November issues of the Proceedings of the IRE (1951 example). The AIEE Arizona Section Chairs and Secretaries from 1941 to 1951 can be found in the December issues of the Transactions of the AIEE (1941 example). Credit goes to Dr. Sheldon Hochheiser of the IEEE History Center at Rutgers University for chasing down the 1952 to 1962 AIEE Arizona Section Chairs in the AIEE Year Books; AIEE Officers, Committees and Representatives; and the AIEE Organizational Manual.